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Khwaja Shams-ud-Din
3rd Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964
PresidentKaran Singh
Preceded byBakshi Ghulam Mohammad
Succeeded byGhulam Mohammed Sadiq
Personal details
Political partyNational Conference

Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (1922 – 19 April 1999)[1] was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for a brief period of time from 12 October 1963 to 29 February 1964. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1967 and 1972.[2] It was during his administration, on 26 December 1963, that the Proposed Prophet's Relic was stolen from the Hazratbal Shrine.[3] Weeks after that incident, he was replaced by Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Index Sh-Sl". rulers.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ "tribuneindia... Jammu and Kashmir". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Moslems Riot Over Theft of Sacred Relic", Chicago Tribune, 29 December 1963, p1
  4. ^ Sagar, Daya (12 November 2014). "J&K has suffered more because of 'politicians'". State Times. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Political offices Preceded byBakshi Ghulam Mohammad Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir 1963 – 1964 Succeeded byGhulam Mohammed Sadiq


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